Cabin roof and deck for boats



(No Model.)

, G. HURSON.

CABIN ROOF AND D'BGK FOR BOATS.

No. 472,884. 'PatentedApr. 12, 1892.

' NITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GREGORY HURSON, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CABIN, ROOF AND DECK FOR BOATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,884, dated April 12, 1892.

Application'filed June 19, 1801.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GREGORY HURsoN, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Cabin Roofs and Decks for Boats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The main objects of my invention are to prodesignate the same parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is a crosssection of a portion of a stateroom cabin embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is an interior side elevation of the same; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section, on an enlarged, scale of one of the carlings or decksupports.

A represents the roof of the cabin, constituting the upper deck, B the state-room roof and deck, and B the partition separating the state-rooms from the cabin.

C O are the carlings, which constitute the supports for the roof and deck A. They are more sharply arched than is customary and rest at the ends upon the state-room decks B, to which they are secured in the usual or any suitable manner. By thus constructing the carlings on a sharp curve or arch theyafiord a stilfer and firmer support for the superimposed deck and bear more directly downward at the ends, with less tendency to spread their end-supporting bearings. Consequently the deck A is made capable of sustaining a much greater load than state-room or similar decks constructed in the ordinary Way. Near their $erial No. 396,826. (No model.)

ends the carlings rest upon beams D D, which are placed parallel with the partitions B or crosswise of the carlings. These beams are preferably supported at intermediate points by columns F F, which may serve, also, as a part of the ornamental finish of the cabin. The carlings are preferably constructed of three strips of timber c c 0., sandwiched together, as shown in Fig. 3, and reinforced and finished on the under side by molded strips o which are bent to conform'with the under sides of the carlings and to preserve the continuity of the grain of the wood, thus greatly increasing the strength of the deck-supports.

To the inner sides of thebeamsD are secured at intervals corresponding with the intervals between the carlings O brackets E E, which are let into the under sides of the carlings and abut at their inner upper terminals against shoulders formed on the carlings and against the ends of the molded strips 0 molded on their inner faces to correspond with the molding of the strips 0 G G represent the cabin-windowawhich are placed above the beams D above and inside of the ends of the carlings. The windowopenings are produced by'carrying the deck outwardly from lines between the windows and the center of the deck in planes diverging upwardly from .the carlings, as shown in Fig. 1. This construction is madefeasible by the sharp arch or curvature of the carlings toward their ends, which are supported upon the state-room decks. The deck or roof A is carried over the windows by supports H, which meet'and arejoined tangentiallytothe carlings C. The sharp anglesrbetween the supports H and the carlings may be partially filled in by blocks I, which may be molded or carved to give a finished appearance to the work. The space between the bases of the windows G and the state-room decks B is covered by roofs J of a sharp curve or incline, so as to direct water thrown upon the deck away from the windows, and thus prevent its working through into the 'cabin around the windowframes. On the inside the space between the state-room partitions B and the beams D may They are the-carlings 0 without other supports, and, if desired, the beams D and columns F may be dispensed with, although I prefer'to employ them, as theyimprove the appearance of the cabin.

In details of construction my improvements may be variously modified within the. spirit and intended scope of my invention.

I claim a 1. The combination, with the state-room roofs or decks, of an intermediate cabin-deck and carlings supporting'said cabin-deck, said carlings being sharply arched and resting directly upon the state-room deck-s, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the state-room roofs or decks, of a cabin-deck supported by arched carlings and provided with windows placed in said deck inside of and above the ends of the carlings, which rest'upon said state-room decks, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 7

3. The combination, with the state-room roofs or decks, of an intermediate cabin-deck ner sides of said beams and abutting at their;

inner upper extremities against shoulders on said carlings, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a cabin-roof, the combination of the 40 covering constituting the deck, arched carlin'gs carrying said deck and supported at the ends upon the state-room decks, a roof-covering of sharp curvature or pitch carried by said cal-lings between the cabin and the state room'decks, and windows located between the cabin-deck and said curved or inclined roofcoverings, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a cabin-roof, the combination of the covering constituting a deck, arched supportin g-carlings resting at the ends upon the stateroom decks,"deck-supports diverging upwardly and outwardly from the carlings and affording window-openings under the edges of the cabin-deck, and roofs of sharp curvature or inclination carried by saidcarlin gs between the bases of the windows andthe state-room decks, whereby water falling or thrown upon said decks or roofs is carried away from said windows, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

'7. In a cabin-roof, the combination of the deck or covering, arched carlings supported at the ends upon the state-room decks, beams upon which said carlings rest transversely near their ends, and brackets attached to the inner sides of said beams and abutting at their inner upper corners against shoulders on said earlin gs, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I GREGORY HURSON.

Witnesses:

H. S. FOOT, CHAS. L. Goss. 

